**About the Editors**

### **Cosmin Mihai Vesa**

Cosmin Mihai Vesa became associate professor at University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy starting from 2022, having begun teaching in 2017 as assistant professor.

He teaches Physiology of the renal, respiratory, and cardiovascular system. He is medical doctor specialized in diabetes, nutrition and metabolic diseases and obtained his PhD diploma in 2019. His research interest include: the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus complications, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, obesity, and novel drugs in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. He serves as guest editors in six MDPI Special Issues and is a reviewer at numerous journals.

### **Simona Gabriela Bungau**

Simona Gabriela Bungau became a full professor in 2005, having a continuous teaching and research activity, started in 1992 and going through all the stages of a university teaching career. After two Bachelor's degrees (in Chemistry–physics and Pharmacy), she obtained her Doctorate (PhD) in Chemistry at "Babes-Bolyai" University in Cluj, Romania, in 2003. The particularly rich research activity was presented in over 400 Web of Science indexed publications, and over 10 books published in Romanian publishing houses and 2 in international publishing houses. The initial fields of interest were Chemistry, respectively Analytical Chemistry, then expanding to Pharmacology, Botany, Public health, Ecology, Scientific Research Methodology, and Sustainability/Environmental protection. Obtaining the qualification of PhD supervisor in the field of Pharmacy came naturally, in 2015, by presenting the Habilitation Thesis at "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania. Participating in over 20 international and national research projects, numerous Erasmus teaching programs, member of societies in her native country and abroad, Mrs. Bungau continues her activity for over 30 years at the same university, namely the University of Oradea, Romania.
